Francesco Ruggero

Francesco Ruggero, born on 22 November 1891 and died on 9 June 1966, was an Italian long-distance runner who competed in the marathon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. He lined up at the start on behalf of the Italian colony living in New York City, which paid all of his expenses, and he travelled to Stockholm from the United States. The English Wikipedia article gives no result for him, so this entry records only his nationality, his life dates, his event and the unusual way in which his place at the Games was funded, and it points to World Athletics, Olympics.com and Olympedia as the places that list his official record.